Corporate Partners

Altria

Through its partnership with NFWF, Altria is helping to protect and restore the Great Lakes and the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays.  Altria supports improved water quality by investing in effective conservation and restoration practices, and by accelerating implementation of the most innovative, sustainable, and cost-effective strategies.

Anheuser-Busch / Budweiser

For nearly 20 years, Anheuser-Busch has partnered with NFWF to fund programs that restore wildlife habitat, improve public access and conserve the nation’s outdoor heritage.  Its Help Budweiser Conserve the Outdoors program has protected critical wildlife habitat in North and South Dakota, the Rocky Mountains, and eastern, southeastern and southwestern U.S.

ArcelorMittal

The Sustain Our Great Lakes program, sponsored by ArcelorMittal, supports collaborative approaches to restoration of wetlands and other critical fish and wildlife habitat.  In addition to restoring streams, wetlands, shoreline and upland habitat in the Great Lakes region, it has trained and educated more than 6,500 students, teachers, volunteers, and residents.

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Bass Pro Shops

Bass Pro Shops and the Johnny Morris Foundation support the More Fish Campaign, which promotes fish habitat protection, enhancement, and restoration projects nationally.  It focuses on engaging agencies, anglers, and other conservation groups at Table Rock Lake and the White River watershed in Arkansas and Missouri.

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Bed Bath & Beyond

At Bed Bath & Beyond stores nationwide, $1 from the sale of each reusable shopping bag is donated to NFWF to support marine and coastal programs across the country.  Proceeds support the restoration of water quality in the Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound and the protection of sea turtles and seabirds from harmful marine debris.

BP

In 2010, BP joined with NFWF to establish the Recovered Oil Fund for Wildlife, a program to support species imperiled by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  The fund was made possible with proceeds from BP’s share of net revenue from oil recovered from the Deepwater Horizon site.  BP Alaska has provided support for vital research on Beaufort Sea polar bears. BP has also helped to establish the Alaska Sea Duck Fund to monitor imperiled sea duck populations, with an emphasis on eiders.

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Chevron

Chevron Alaska’s partnership with NFWF supports ongoing photo-identification of the Cook Inlet beluga whales, which helps to identify individual whales and obtain accurate population estimates.  This data helps NOAA and other partners develop recovery plans for this endangered species.

ConocoPhillips

ConocoPhillips and NFWF have worked together for more than 17 years.  The ConocoPhillips SPIRIT of Conservation Migratory Bird Program, launched in 2005, conserves threatened birds and their habitats around the world.  It has provided funding for 39 projects in 10 states and five countries, protecting or enhancing more than 84,000 acres of priority bird habitat.   Conoco­Phillips in Alaska has partnered with NFWF since 2003 to support polar bear research and Cook Inlet beluga whale conservation projects.

Covanta Energy

Covanta Energy, NFWF, NOAA and Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. provide a no-cost way for fishermen to dispose of old, derelict or unusable fishing gear through the Fishing for Energy program.  The program works with state and local agencies, community and industry groups and local ports to collect and recycle gear.   Remaining waste is converted into clean, renewable electricity for local communities.   More than 500 tons of marine debris have been collected to date.

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ExxonMobil

Since 1989, ExxonMobil has partnered with NFWF in support of various conservation programs, including Save the Tiger Fund (1995-2011).

FedEx

Through EarthSmart Outreach, FedEx has worked with NFWF to fund urban conservation projects in six U.S. cities in 2010 and 12 U.S. cities in 2011.  In 2012, the collaboration will expand to include 14 U.S. cities.  With FedEx team member engagement, the projects restore watersheds, improve air quality, encourage environmental stewardship, and foster community environmental education.  During 2010, FedEx also assisted NFWF in the transfer of 25,000 endangered sea turtle eggs after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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The Paradies Shops

The Paradies Shops partnered with NFWF to launch the “Save the Gulf” cause marketing campaign to benefit conservation efforts in the Gulf of Mexico region after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.  Over $77,000 was raised through the sale of t-shirts, which were sold at 10 airport locations in Florida and Louisiana.

PG&E Corporation

Since 1999, PG&E’s partnership with NFWF has been empowering communities to care for native habitats and species and engage youth in hands-on restoration.  PG&E’s Nature Restoration Trust program supports riparian, wetlands, and coastal habitat restoration within the company’s service districts in central and northern California.   

Shell Oil Company

The Shell Marine Habitat Program funds conservation projects that benefit marine and coastal habitats and species in the Gulf of Mexico, Long Island Sound and Alaska.  The program has led the remarkable recovery of the endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle along the Texas coast.  Shell also helped NFWF establish the Shell Polar Bear Fund.

Southern California Edison

Southern California Edison (SCE) and NFWF launched a new partnership in 2011 to support the restoration and enhancement of natural habitats in central, coastal, and southern California.  This matching grant program takes into account community needs and priorities within SCE’s service area and provides funds to non-profits and agencies working with local stakeholders.  It conserves and restores important habitat on public and private lands in the wild and at the urban- wild interface.

Southern Company

Southern Company’s Power of Flight Bird Conservation Fund protects birds through habitat and species restoration and environmental education.  Its Longleaf Legacy Program helps to restore and conserve the longleaf pine ecosystem and sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide.   Southern Company also partners with NFWF and EPA in the Five Star Restoration Grant Program, which supports community-based wetland, riparian, and coastal habitat restoration.

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TradeWind Energy and Enel Green Power have partnered with NFWF to fund a conservation easement of 8,500 acres on Red Buffalo Ranch and protect 10,000 acres of tall high grass prairie in Elk County, Kansas.  TradeWind Energy is committed to helping to protect and conserve wildlife and habitat in the region.

Walmart

Walmart and NFWF created Acres for America in 2005 with a commitment to permanently conserve at least one acre of priority wildlife habitat for every acre developed for the company’s facilities.  The partnership has already far surpassed Walmart’s initial goal; 19 projects covering 629,000 acres have been funded in 15 states.  In 2010, Walmart allocated funds from the Acres program to support NFWF projects for wildlife affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  Beginning in 2011, Walmart will expand its acres for America program to include community-based projects in five urban locations across the U.S.

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